"My Favorite Outlaw"

I have been a fan of Waylon Jennings since my parents took me to see "Nashville Rebel" when I was a child. I abandoned country music as an adolescent in the 1970s but returned to it when I watched Waylon perform at a show (probably the CMAs or something) at the peak of the Outlaw excitement with the album Wanted! The Outlaws. This book by Waylon's first born son, Terry, is a wonderful insider look at the legendary country singer. Terry stayed close with his father long after his parents divorced and even worked for years as part of Waylon's stage crew.

This book chronicles Waylon's beginning humble origins in West Texas to his start with Buddy Holly and his narrow avoidance of sharing Holly's tragic fate to the drug and sex filled debauchery of his glory days as one of country music's biggest acts. It's hard not to be simultaneously awed by the musician and horrified by his excesses which amazingly didn't kill him. It's very easy to imagine Waylon sharing the same kind of early demise that befell Elvis Presley--both consumed amphetamines and cocaine with voracious appetites. Waylon maybe just got a little lucky.

Still, if you are a fan of country music, this is a loving tribute by a son who shared many of his father's flaws but managed to survive to write this book and get his life straight. By the end, you mourn Jennings dying too soon from diabetes but also maybe you will gain appreciation for a man who should be given the same kind of accolades that Cash and Nelson receive.

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Finally!!! We get a first hand account of The Man!

I have been obsessed w/ Waylons music for more than 25 years. True I was born the year Wanted! The Outlaws was released but the first voice that I ever heard sing was his...MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS. My mamaw loved him and would turn up the beer and the radio nob when she heard his voice. She'd say," you know if anyone could give Elvis a run for his $...it's Waylon Jennings

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Intimate and absolutely captivating

This being a book about Waylon written by his son I was worried that it would be a soft and fluffy framing of a more complicated man. It was the exact opposite. It was sincere and honest and real. If you are a fan of music or history or the outlaw movement, this is the book to read. It's a very nice tribute to a father and great musician, but it's all left on the field.

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An Interesting Look at An Icon

An interesting look at an American legend. A good biography on a life style few of us experience.

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Great insight into the life and career of Waylon.

I could have lived without the religious propaganda. If you want to believe in fairytales, that's your business.

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Buy This Book

Great insight into the world of outlaw country music and the legend Waylon Jennings as told through the eays of his son Terry. Terry was as much a brother and friend to Waylon as a son due to their closeness in ages and the fact Terry toured with Waylon.

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Waylon's story!!

such a great story, and told in a way that only Terry Jennings could do!!!

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love it

Terry take on life with his dad was as insightful as listening to Waylon himself. 😥narration was great. buy jt

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Beautiful insight

To hear Terry talk about his dad from his perspective gives you a very intimate look at a legend

Fabulous story and very entertaining great subject

you won't want to stop listening to this because its written from first hand knowledge and you can't make up the stories told